Asparagus-holder.



No. 738,521. PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903.

A. H. BRINKMANNL ASPARAGUS HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1902.

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- Patented September 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST H. BRINKMANN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ASPARAGUS-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,521, dated September 8, 1903.

Application filed April 23, 1902. Serial No. 104,382- (No model.)

T0 (10% whom it may concern:

Be it known that LAUeUsT H. BRINKMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Asparagus-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in culinary utensils, and is particularly adapted for use as an asparagus-holder while the asparagus is being cooked, although it can b used for other purposes.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 illustrates a side elevation of the device as when in use; Fig. 2, an end elevation of same, and Fig. 3 a perspective view showing the frame opened to receive or discharge the contents.

The device in the present instance comprises two semicylindric wire halves or sections a and a, the section a being of a slightly larger diameter than the section a in order that when the sections are brought together, as in Figs. 1 and 2, the larger section will overlap the smaller section. The advantage of this overlapping feature will be hereinafter pointed out. By a close examination of the drawings it will be seen that a continuous single wire forms the outer or boundary wire of each section and also forms the operative arm of said section. The frames of both sections are formed in precisely the same manner, and a description of the formation of one will be sufficient. Taking Fig. 1 as the example, one end of a wire I) is provided with a hook I) and starts at the bottom of the frame, midway between the ends thereof, and extends in a horizontal direction toward the left in the drawings. This wire I) is then curved upwardly, forming one end I) of the frame-section, and is then bent to form a horizontal stretch b and extends in a direction parallel with the first horizontal stretch to a point above the hook Z). The wire is now extended vertically to form one wire stretch of the arm 0, and at the upper end 0 is doubled or looped and bent over to form the hook 0 The wire is then returned and twisted in its return to complete the arm 0 until it reaches the horizontal stretch b and is then bent laterally to form the horizontal stretch a", then curved downwardly parallel with the curved end 11 forming the other end 0 of the frame-section, then bent inward to form the stretch a and passed through the hook b,and finally curved upwardly at c and extending between the two horizontal stretches b and c and twisted around the arm 0. A plurality of curved spreader or stay wires d connect the lower and upper horizontal wire stretches of each section and serve to stiffen and strengthen the frame. The larger section a, is formed in the same manner and is provided with an arm e, having a loop 6' at its upper end. A hinge-loopf is secured to the section a at a slight distance from its end, and said loop takes freely around the horizontal stretch b of the section a, and a hingeloopf" is secured at the other end of the frame to the section a and takes freely around the horizontal stretch of the section a. It will thus be seen that these loops are not at the extreme ends of the sections, but are located at a slight distance from each end. By this construction it will be seen that one section may be moved laterally or lengthwise with respect to the other by sliding through the hinge-loopsf and f, which greatly facilitates the engagement and disengagement of the hook c with the loop 6'.

It has been pointed out that one section is of a larger diameter than the other,and the object and advantage of this construction is that in holding a bunch of asparagus the two sections will be entirely closed by overlapping at the bottom when the hook and loop on the arms a and e are engaged.

It is to be understood that, if desired, the device may be constructed of any suitable material other than wire.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an asparagusholder, the combination of two hinged semicylindric wire sections; a

resilient arm formed integral with one of said TOO nation two hinged semicylindric wire framesections one of which is smaller in diameter than the other whereby when the sections are closed the edge of the smaller section will pass over the edge of the larger section; a resilient arm formed integral with each of said sections, one of said arms having a loop which extends in'a direction crosswise of said holder or in the same direction that the sections are curved and the other arm having its end bent i)V6I' to form a hook for engagement with said 3. The combination of two semicylindric sections; an arm secured to each section, the end of one arm having a loop and the end of 

